But at this moment, Ichigo Kurosaki, who had already lost consciousness, suddenly moved, and in the blink of an eye, he reached out and grabbed Captain Yamamoto's arm that was pierced forward!
Then Kurosaki Ichigo slowly opened his eyes, and the look in his eyes was completely different from before.
A cross star appeared in his pupils, graceful and majestic, yet it seemed to hide a dangerous edge that could destroy everything.
This look made Captain Yamamoto feel familiar for no reason.
"Long time no see, Yamamoto you've gotten older too!"
Captain Yamamoto retreated quickly, but a brilliant cross of light arrows had already broken through the air and pierced through everything.
When he was pierced, he felt this familiar power and Captain Yamamoto growled:
"You're hiding in this little brat's body!!!"
Kurosaki Ichigo did not pursue, his eyes were deep, and he whispered elegantly:
"Yamamoto, I'm sorry, I'm not the Yhwach you know. I'm just a phantom who was called upon by my fighting instinct to come to the rescue. Due to the fate between you and me, I want to tell you one thing, Yamamoto, be prepared to go all out. Under the stimulation of death, Kurosaki Ichigo has evolved once again..."
After saying this, Ichigo Kurosaki slowly closed his eyes. When he opened them again, Ichigo Kurosaki's spirit gradually returned. Then he looked at Captain Yamamoto and said:
"Sorry, something unexpected seems to have happened just now, but that's not important, let's continue..."
It is difficult to describe what Captain Yamamoto felt from Kurosaki Ichigo's eyes at this moment, and his reaction was so obvious. He suddenly stretched out his hand, and the wooden stick flew into his hand, then shattered, revealing the Zanpakuto inside.
"Everything will turn into ashes!"
Along with the whisper of Shikai, a majestic flame swept across the sky, and then Captain Yamamoto raised the raging flame in his hand and slashed towards Kurosaki Ichigo!
The next moment, Captain Yamamoto turned his head slightly, and Ichigo Kurosaki had disappeared from his sight. When he appeared again, he appeared in the blind spot of his sight and sensing range, and then, he punched him!
59. The Ghosts of the Old Era and the Sun of the New Era
Even with Captain Yamamoto's temperament, he couldn't help feeling mixed emotions at this moment.
Captain Yamamoto could accept that One Bone and Two Bone were learned, because although this kind of physical technique is powerful, after all, the principle is not complicated. It only emphasizes the compression and control of spiritual power. There are actually quite a few similar techniques in Soul Society, and many people can even practice similar skills through self-exploration, it’s just a matter of whether the level is profound or not.
But Captain Yamamoto's Shunpo, although its foundation is still Shunpo, is a technique that he has honed bit by bit over two thousand years, through countless life-and-death wars, exhausting all his wisdom and hard work. Although it looks like Shunpo, it has already transcended the scope of Shunpo and become a unique, even the only strong attack assassination footwork in Soul Society, which is filled with Captain Yamamoto's personal style inside and out.
The technical content here is very high. The investigation of the enemy's psychology and blind spots, one's own movement method and landing point, as well as the posture and angle of attack after landing, all require extremely deep considerations. But now, just after watching Ichigo Kurosaki once, he learned it all. How could Captain Yamamoto not feel extremely complicated inside.
When he was young, Captain Yamamoto also felt that his qualifications and talents were unparalleled in the world. Otherwise, why would he have the idea of establishing a school and promoting his own doctrine? The fact that he later created an era with a dozen of his younger brothers and a single sword also verified that there was nothing wrong with Captain Yamamoto's cognition.
But now, looking at Ichigo Kurosaki, Captain Yamamoto began to doubt for the first time whether his talent and ability were as high as he imagined, because he never had the amazing wisdom to calculate all the enemy's strengths at a glance.
Although Captain Yamamoto was slightly distracted by all kinds of thoughts in his mind, his overwhelming combat experience still made him instinctively take countermeasures.
"Humph, using my skills against me, what a stupid idea!"
Captain Yamamoto knew better than anyone that he should target himself, because on the road to perfecting technology, he needed to break and build again and again, so that he could improve his skills. During this thousand years, some obvious flaws in his moves had already been polished away by him.
With a turn of the blade, the Zanpakuto named Ryujin Jakka spewed out infinite flames, and the majestic flames transformed into a flaming tornado that reached the sky and the earth, rapidly spinning with Captain Yamamoto as the eye of the storm.
This move is called Songming!
In this flaming tornado, except for Captain Yamamoto who was the eye of the storm, everything else was burned to ashes!
But the next moment, Captain Yamamoto's old eyes widened angrily, because Kurosaki Ichigo's figure disappeared again. When he appeared again, a hand with five fingers stretched out calmly reached out quietly and held Captain Yamamoto's face!
Captain Yamamoto couldn't understand what was happening at that moment.
Because, the moment when Kurosaki Ichigo disappeared and reappeared, he not only appeared in the blind spot of his mind and vision, but even appeared in the "blind spot" of the fire tornado!
The problem is that Captain Yamamoto couldn't understand where the blind spots were in this fire tornado that circled around the body in 360 degrees, even the top of the head, and burned everything through violent rotation.
Captain Yamamoto, who is considered the strongest tactician and assassin in Soul Society, encountered something that he could not understand for the first time, but then he remembered everything that the man who looked like Yhwach had told him through Ichigo Kurosaki.
Stimulated by the crisis of death, Ichigo Kurosaki evolved once again!
Even if it is true that they have evolved, isn't it a bit too much to go from understandable humans to incomprehensible non-humans?
Captain-General Yamamoto's thinking could no longer continue, because Ichigo Kurosaki not only learned his instant step, but also his "Sleeping Power" which was a very precise operation and subtle spiritual power that could destroy the opponent's consciousness, and he was using it flexibly now!
Time seemed to be slowed down. In Captain Yamamoto's gradually darkening vision, the last thing he saw was Ichigo Kurosaki's face, a face covered by a white bone bull-head mask. No expression could be seen, only his eyes were so shining!
His eyes are black and golden, and his gaze is deep and resolute, pure and powerful, and filled with endless joy.
I feel joy from the bottom of my heart for the enemy's strength, for my own growth, and for the occurrence and continuation of this battle...
The flaming tornado that stretched from sky to earth was torn apart, and two figures rushed out. What made all the spectators feel incredible was that Ichigo Kurosaki reached out and grabbed Captain-General Yamamoto's head, pressed him to the ground, and rushed forward recklessly.
The ground was cracked, with deep gullies, and it was exploding wantonly like a dragon rushing through water. None of the buildings and walls encountered along the way could stop it.
Then Ichigo Kurosaki dragged Captain Yamamoto all the way and crashed into the main hall of the First Division, which is where the captains usually hold meetings.
With a loud bang, Captain Yamamoto was embedded in the wall by Kurosaki Ichigo.
Then Ichigo Kurosaki bent his elbows, gathered his strength, and suddenly blasted out with an indescribably powerful double-bone punch!
The wall of the main hall was directly blown through, and the remaining force spread to the entire hall, causing the entire main hall to shake.
This scene also symbolizes that the highest authority in Soul Society is truly beginning to shake.
Aizen, who was watching the battle from a distance, looked at the scene that seemed to be a repeat of the beginning, but the positions of both sides were different. He subconsciously looked at the mirror flower and water moon on his waist, and after finding nothing unusual, he took off his thick-framed glasses, wiped them clean, put them on again, and after taking a deep look, although his eyes were still a little confused, his tone was still calm and he said:
"It is worthy of being my best work, oh no, it is my best friend. This heroic performance is so powerful that it is hard to believe and understand. It seems that the so-called power of purity is indeed worth referring to and learning from!"
In fact, it wasn't just Aizen who was shocked. Everyone watching the battle couldn't believe it at this moment.
The strength and skills that Captain Yamamoto had demonstrated before were obvious to all, and he deserved the title of the strongest Shinigami in a thousand years. It was precisely this posture that made the scene of Captain Yamamoto being pinned to the ground and rubbed by Kurosaki Ichigo seem so incredible!
"Before the Shikai, the captain-general was able to pin down Ichigo Kurosaki and beat him, but after the Shikai, he was pinned down and beaten. Does the captain-general's Shikai have any weaknesses?"
Soi-Fong asked in confusion, and Shifengyuan Yoruichi frowned and said, "The only weakness of Ryujin Jakka is that it is too strong. Other than that, it has no weaknesses. But this really cannot explain this scene..."
All the onlookers had confusion in their hearts that they could not resolve, and perhaps the only one who truly knew all of this was the gaze from outer space that fell upon the earth.
No matter how strong Kurosaki Ichigo is or what kind of achievements he can achieve, Mo Yu will not be surprised, because Kurosaki Ichigo is a natural-born holy Messiah, a man born with the blessing of the world and destined to cut off the eternal cause and effect. His existence and the path he takes are a miracle in themselves.
Without mentioning these conceptual meanings, and just talking about Ichigo Kurosaki's own strength, he has never been weak from the very beginning.
In the original work, Ichigo Kurosaki's highlights include the Thousand-Year Bloody Battle in which he killed Yhwach with a single blow, the Moonless Killing of Aizen, the Gyuto defeating the Batwing, etc. But the most exciting one was the battle in the Traveling Disaster arc in which he used his Bankai to kill Byakuya, which was also the beginning of the popularity and deification of the anime Bleach.
The first time he learned Bankai, the first time he transformed into Hollow, the first time he slaughtered other vice-captains, the first time he confronted a captain-level warrior, and also the first time he truly showed everyone his absolute power that was beyond comprehension.
At that time, Ichigo Kurosaki did not know how to use the Flash Step, but he was able to reach an extremely fast speed by simply running, which even Byakuya Kuchiki could not react to. Just by casually waving his arms, he was able to swing out countless swift swords in an instant and cut through the Thousand Sakura that was made up of tens of thousands of cherry blossom blades!
This unimaginable performance left Byakuya Kuchiki confused and puzzled. In the end, he reluctantly gave Ichigo Kurosaki a Bankai, which was to compress and converge the spiritual pressure to the extreme and bless himself, thus making super-speed mobile combat a normal reason.
Then, is the understanding given by Byakuya Kuchiki really Ichigo Kurosaki's Bankai?
That doesn't really matter, because in that battle, Ichigo Kurosaki exposed his most important weakness.
From entering Bankai, to showing off, to slashing Kuchiki Byakuya with a sword, and then entering Kuchiki Byakuya's Bankai White Emperor barrier, the battle lasted no more than five minutes!
Then, in a very short period of time, Kurosaki Ichigo's speed dropped drastically, from an absolute speed that Byakuya Kuchiki could not react to, to a level that he could handle easily. From bones to flesh, everything creaked, and was on the verge of limit. In the end, he even went on strike completely, forcing Byakuya Kuchiki to emerge and forcibly hollowify to save the situation!
After that, looking at the overall situation, Ichigo Kurosaki's Bankai no longer had this level of speed and power. At the same time, Ichigo Kurosaki never again encountered a situation where his body was on the verge of collapse due to the use of Bankai.
The reason for this is very simple. Uncle Zangetsu suppressed Ichigo Kurosaki's power that was too huge and uncontrollable, and manually adjusted the strength of Ichigo Kurosaki's Bankai!
In fact, in Mo Yu's opinion, the power displayed by Kurosaki Ichigo in the battle between Mugetsu and Aizen was the real Bankai of Kurosaki Ichigo. It was an absolute speed and absolute strength that even Aizen, who was gradually merging with the Hogyoku, could not understand or match.
But that was the Kurosaki Ichigo in the original work. In this world bubble, due to the fortunate intervention of the three-dimensional God, Kurosaki Ichigo has embarked on a completely different path.
Hollow, one of the pillars of Kurosaki Ichigo's power, has been completely conquered and is now behaving himself, fearing that one day he will be called out and beaten by Kurosaki Ichigo as his mount. Uncle Zangetsu no longer needs to manually control Kurosaki Ichigo's innate divine power through suppression and restraint.
How strong is Kurosaki Ichigo now? Perhaps it just depends on how strong he wants to be!
Ichigo Kurosaki is a very polite boy. After returning everything that Captain Yamamoto had given him at the beginning of the battle, he stopped. Just like the original Captain Yamamoto, he stared indifferently and waited at the same time.
The smoke and dust were gradually burned away by the scorching flames, and the tall figure of Captain Yamamoto slowly stood up!
The eyes of both parties collided violently.
"Kurosaki Ichigo, what you want to talk about, what you want to communicate, I have truly felt and heard..."
Unexpectedly, at this moment Captain Yamamoto's tone was unusually calm. Not only his tone, but his eyes also returned to calmness and indifference from their previous ferocious and violent state.
But unlike his expression, Captain Yamamoto, who was staring at Ichigo Kurosaki, had many thoughts in his mind at this moment.
Through the exchange of strength and attack, Captain Yamamoto indeed felt and heard a lot, and truly felt the essence of Ichigo Kurosaki.
The tenderness that came from his heart was so dazzling, and his will to fight was so pure. He was intoxicated with the battle, but was never swayed by it. He moved forward step by step towards becoming the strongest, but only to protect everything he wanted to protect.
Even though he was wearing the Mask of Hollow and his every move was a refined killing skill, there was no killing intent in Ichigo Kurosaki's attacks!
As it says, it’s an exchange!
The strong use fighting as a language to express their will and beliefs.
But when facing such a Kurosaki Ichigo, Captain Yamamoto thought of himself!
In the calamity times when nobles attacked and killed each other and the people of Soul Society were living in misery, I, with a tenderness that could not be described to others and a lofty belief, threw myself into the endless battle filled with mountains of corpses and seas of blood, fighting alongside the times.
But in the end, he killed all his enemies and was also killed by his enemies.
His eyes became increasingly cold and crazy, and his actions became increasingly unscrupulous.
Everything is inevitable and has to be done!
He told himself so!
He can kill anyone, or compromise with anyone. As long as he can win, he can do anything...
Eventually, he transformed into an evil spirit and became the strongest and most terrifying man in Soul Society, a man that even the nobles feared!
The long-awaited victory and a new era have finally arrived.
The former evil ghost was sealed in the scroll, and he became kind-hearted.
But that is just an illusion. His fundamental beliefs and logic of action have continued from thousands of years ago to the present day.
He turned a blind eye to many problems in the Three Realms and ignored the misdeeds of the nobles. He weighed the pros and cons in compromise and ruthlessly slaughtered those who intended to shake the order, even the civilians of Rukongai.
There are so many things, but the essence remains the same!
He is still the evil demon who will do anything to win, but the so-called victory has evolved into the order of the current Soul Society.
However, looking at Ichigo Kurosaki not far away, he couldn't help but think.
If I had not been changed by the evil karma accumulated in the sea of blood and corpses, and completely degenerated into an evil ghost...
If I had been more resolute and determined on my path to becoming the strongest, and not compromised...
So what will happen today?
This was destined to be an unanswerable question, because Captain Yamamoto did not deny his past thoughts. However, when he looked at Ichigo Kurosaki, he seemed to see another self in a trance...
In a calamity era with a different background, a similar yet completely different person, with the purity that he failed to stick to to the end, and the gentleness that he had long abandoned, embarked on the ups and downs of the grand road of destiny, crossing one brutal battle after another, wielding the strongest fist, and beating the whole world wantonly, in order to declare that his own will will inevitably be realized!
Is that a weaker or more perfect self?
Captain Yamamoto had no idea and no intention of finding out. Thousands of thoughts emerged and faded away, finally returning to one thought.
Finally, he just stared at Kurosaki Ichigo and said calmly:
"In order to save the world, you are willing to beat me to death to convey your will. I have already sensed it. As the captain of the Gotei 13, I will submit a request to Squad Zero later to have you go to the Soul King Palace. Now the only problem you have to face and the thing you must do is this..."
Captain Yamamoto's eyes were indifferent, but in his indifference, he was burning with wanton madness. Then, he slowly raised his Zanpakutō!
"Before Soul Society is destroyed, cross my sword!!!"
Without words, Ichigo Kurosaki had already felt the terrifying sense of crisis that was exploding. He took a sudden step and rushed forward!
Looking at Ichigo Kurosaki rushing towards him, Captain Yamamoto seemed to see a new era, a new order and future surging towards him.
This made him feel hatred instinctively, because the order he insisted on would be trampled upon, but he also felt joy, because the future might have a better scenery than the present!
"Swastika...the residual fire sword!"
Endless flames were all sealed into the Zanpakutō, and the blade was completely turned into a charred black color, with only wisps of smoke remaining. But in the next moment, it was like the sun falling into the earth, and the temperature of the entire Seireitei was rapidly soaring!
Captain Yamamoto then thrust his knife into the ground and shouted:
"Remnant Fire Taishou·Nan-Fire Fire Ten Trillions Death Burial Array..."
The earth turned into molten lava, and one after another, skeletons and evil spirits crawled out of the molten lava, roaring hideously and miserably!
All the enemies killed by Captain Yamamoto have never been truly freed. Part of their souls and ashes will be sealed in his Zanpakuto's Ryujin Jakka. The purpose of doing this is just to awaken all the enemies killed by him now, turning them into a legion of death and completely devouring all those who are enemies of Seireitei!
Having personally released all the bad karma he had accumulated over the past thousand years, Captain Yamamoto stared deeply at Kurosaki Ichigo with his cold and crazy eyes, and suddenly roared:
"Ichigo Kurosaki, the one chosen by the Soul King, this era was created and supported by me personally. If you want to become the sun that shines on everything in the new era, you must step over my sword, send me to hell, and turn you into a sin-ridden ghost of the old era. Otherwise, you can only... fall!!!"
60. Is purity such an inconvenient thing?
"what is that!?"
